In-work poverty dynamics: trigger events and short-term trajectories in Argentina

Poy, Santiago

doi:10.1186/s12651-023-00348-5

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 1 Summary statistics of the variables included in the analysis for cross-section and panel data. 2017–2019

From: In-work poverty dynamics: trigger events and short-term trajectories in Argentina

		Panel data			Cross section
		Obs	%	Standard error	Obs	%	Standard error
In-work poverty	Working but not poor	34.507	78,88	0,20	233.070	79,50	0,07
In-work poverty	Working poor	9.242	21,12	0,20	47.198	20,50	0,07
Gender	Male	23.897	54,62	0,24	158.141	56,42	0,09
Gender	Female	19.851	45,38	0,24	122.127	43,58	0,09
Age	18–29	11.429	26,12	0,21	68.411	24,41	0,08
	30–44	16.192	37,01	0,23	108.574	38,74	0,09
	45 +	16.127	36,86	0,23	103.283	36,85	0,09
Education	Up to incomplete secondary school	15.150	34,63	0,23	93.576	33,39	0,09
	Secondary School	12.231	27,96	0,21	79.502	28,37	0,09
	University/Tertiary (incomplete)	6.854	15,67	0,17	41.556	14,83	0,07
	University/Tertiary (complete)	9.514	21,75	0,20	65.634	23,42	0,08
Nationality	Argentine	41.336	94,49	0,11	263.182	93,90	0,05
Nationality	Other	2.412	5,51	0,11	17.086	6,10	0,05
Household composition	Single person	2.453	5,61	0,11	19.572	6,98	0,05
	Single parent	5.384	12,31	0,16	34.529	12,32	0,06
	Couple, no children	9.980	22,82	0,20	64.373	22,97	0,08
	Couple, children	15.574	35,61	0,23	93.841	33,48	0,09
	Other family, no children	2.969	6,79	0,12	20.834	7,43	0,05
	Other family, children	7.378	16,87	0,18	47.100	16,81	0,07
Number of workers in the household	1	13.655	31,21	0,22	83.952	29,95	0,09
Number of workers in the household	2 +	30.094	68,79	0,22	196.316	70,05	0,09
Household w/ pensions	No	33.374	76,29	0,20	216.174	77,13	0,08
Household w/ pensions	Yes	10.374	23,71	0,20	64.094	22,87	0,08
Household w/ social transfers	No	36.164	82,66	0,00	222.800	83,16	0,08
Household w/ social transfers	Yes	7.585	17,34	0,00	57.468	16,84	0,08
Working hours	Full time (+ 30 hs)	27.241	62,27	0,23	182.524	65,12	0,09
Working hours	Part time (30 hs or less)	16.507	37,73	0,23	97.744	34,88	0,09
Occupational status	Employee	32.980	75,39	0,21	213.602	76,21	0,08
Occupational status	Self-employed	10.769	24,61	0,21	66.666	23,79	0,08
Social protection status	With contributions to the pension system	27.768	63,47	0,23	184.923	65,98	0,09
Social protection status	W/out contributions to the pension system	15.980	36,53	0,23	95.345	34,02	0,09

Source: Authors’ own elaboration based on EPH

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